1959 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 12 March 1959.[1] The Catholic People's Party emerged as the largest party, winning 49 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]

1959 Dutch general election

12 March 1959
Turnout	95.6%
Party Leader % Seats ± KVP Carl Romme 31.6% 49 0 PvdA Jaap Burger 30.4% 48 -2 VVD Pieter Oud 12.2% 19 +6 ARP Jelle Zijlstra 9.4% 14 -1 CHU Henk Beernink 8.1% 12 -1 CPN Paul de Groot 2.4% 3 -4 SGP Pieter Zandt 2.2% 3 0 PSP Henk Lankhorst, Nico van der Veen 1.8% 2 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Seats
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Louis Beel KVP Jan de Quay KVP

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Catholic People's Party	1,895,914	31.60	49	0
	Labour Party	1,821,285	30.36	48	–2
	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	732,758	12.21	19	+6
	Anti-Revolutionary Party	563,091	9.39	14	–1
	Christian Historical Union	486,429	8.11	12	–1
	Communist Party of the Netherlands	144,542	2.41	3	–4
	Reformed Political Party	129,678	2.16	3	0
	Pacifist Socialist Party	110,499	1.84	2	New
	Reformed Political League	39,972	0.67	0	0
	Farmers' Party	37,774	0.63	0	New
	Brug Group	34,723	0.58	0	New
	Party for Agriculture and the Middle Class	1,649	0.03	0	New
	Positive Christian National Union	1,317	0.02	0	New
Total		5,999,631	100.00	150	0
Valid votes		5,999,631	97.66
Invalid/blank votes		143,879	2.34
Total votes		6,143,510	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,425,458	95.61
Source: Kiesraad

Popular Vote KVP   31.60% PvdA   30.36% VVD   12.21% ARP   9.39% CHU   8.11% CPN   2.41% SGP   2.16% PSP   1.84% GPV   0.67% BP/PLM   0.66% Other   0.60%

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1413